Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller is seeking information from a British official about whether the News International phone hacking scandal involves American citizens or possible violations of U.S. laws.

Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) asked Lord Justice Brian Leveson, the official leading a British inquiry, in letter Wednesday “whether any of the evidence" Leveson is reviewing "suggests that these unethical and sometimes illegal business practices occurred in the United States or involved U.S. citizens.”

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On Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the FCC to revoke the 27 broadcast licenses News Corp., News International’s parent company, holds in the United States. CREW alleges that News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s “character deficiencies may warrant disqualification from holding a license.”

The scandal exploded in Britain in July, amid allegations that the phones of a murdered schoolgirl, relatives of deceased British soldiers and victims of London bombings, were hacked into for the now-shuttered News of the World newspaper. On Tuesday, a British parliamentary committee issued a report concluding that Murdoch was not fit to run the company.

The News Corp. board of directors announced Wednesday its “full confidence in Rupert Murdoch's fitness and support for his continuing to lead News Corporation into the future as its chairman and CEO.”

This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 5:19 p.m. on May 2, 2012.

So CREW a leftist leaning special interest group funded by Soros is trying to have a conservative voice like FOX removed from the air waves. Since the left and Obama can not rationally defend their record and policies,they have to silence the opposition.

One other question why is it okay for Rockefeller to be wealthy? He certainly didn't earn it....he is nothing but a trust fund baby.

One other question why is it okay for Rockefeller to be wealthy? He certainly didn't earn it....he is nothing but a trust fund baby (Do you think Romney would be any more than a used car sales person if not for his daddy?)

Do you think Romney would be any more than a used car sales person if not for his daddy?)

Yes, I do think Romney would be just as successful....look at his father's life. Romney's father was not wealthy and he did not go to college and lookat what the man accomplished. Mitt is intelligent as demonstrated by his college transcripts,(who knows how intelligent Obama is..his transcripts are sealed for some reason). Romney would have followed the work ethic of his father and he would have been just as successful and accomplished.

With all due deliberate speed Senator Rockefeller do investigate, in fact, you may want to begin with Koo Stark and then expand that investigation to include whether there is a link between Murdoch's million dollar donation to the Reagan library and President Reagan sponsoring Murdoch's US Citizenship. Indeed never has one man done so much to destroy the press. I suspect if Alexander Hamilton could we would spin himself right from under the ground and take the New York Post away from Murdoch. We here in New York City wth the NY Post, FixedNews and now MY 9 have long ago learned to tell Murdoch: "Stuff it!"

How many cops and politicians has The Murdoch Crime Family paid off? How many American phones have been hacked into by their international crime syndicate? How many millions has this "unfit" Press Lord given to the Republican Party in the United States?

Why can't you hear about any of this on Fox News, Murdoch's personal propaganda organ?

When fish jump into your boat, that doesn't make it a fishing expedition:

Currently, the lawyers say they are investigating to determine which side of the Atlantic would be best for each of Lewis' four clients, one of whom is known to be a U.S. citizen, to pursue legal action. Lewis said important factors to consider include whether it's more convenient to pursue cases in a client's home country or if there's an advantage to filing in the U.S. in terms of obtaining evidence.

"What you have to understand is that when this all started in England, this was one person with one case," Lewis said. "And you look at where it is now. So when it starts in America with three cases, it seems natural that you might find there are more than three."